sometimes, when the server crashes, your are sitting in a boat hunting/fishing/whatever...
when the server is back you could log in were you left - with the chance of beeing drowned.
or you can log back at your hs - and loose the boat...
so far there is no way to get a boat, which is lost in the river.
it just stands there and wastes space
you may get near to it and pick it up (with another boat) what makes you impossible to drop it again or leave the boat youre in. the only way to get out is to relog at your hs and let the carried boat vanish....
well, i think taht should be inproved!
my suggestion:
a) you are not able to pick up a boat when youre in one already
b) to solve the problem: let there be an option to rope the lost boat and draft it to shore